Verizon Wireless normally sells the Droid Charge subsidized for $299.99 with
a contract. Amazon Wireless is now offering this fun phone for $179.99. The
kicker is that buyers must take a two-year contract with Verizon for the extra
subsidy.
The Atrix 4G, which AT&T has been
selling for $199.99 since February, now costs $99 through Amazon Wireless. Consumers
may also buy AT&T's Samsung Infuse 4G Android phone, which
normally retails for $199.99, for $129.99. Ditto for Verizon's HTC ThunderBolt.
Sprint and T-Mobile aren't being shut out of the Android
sell-off either. T-Mobile's G2x 4G, which retails for $199.99 with a $50
mail-in rebate, can now be bought for $99.99.

Sprint's Samsung Nexus S 4G, normally a $199.99 gadget
with contract, now runs an incredibly low $49.99. Considering that this is the
only smartphone that will work with Google's Wallet service when it launches in New York and San Francisco this
summer, that could prove quite a bargain for those who want to test the NFC-based
mobile payment waters.
Amazon Wireless is also offering an Amazon Student
exclusive in the form of a $10 Appstore credit with the purchase of the Sony Xperia
Play, now through June 4.
Finally, anyone who buys a Windows Phone 7 handset from
May 30 on will receive a $25 Amazon gift card. This discount comes as Microsoft
is struggling to sell smartphones based on its new mobile operating system.
Gartner said that of the 3.6 million phones running a Microsoft mobile OS
sold worldwide in Q1, only 1.6 million were based on Windows Phone 7.
Gartner added that these devices failed to catch on as
consumers bought Android phones or Apple's iPhone for the holiday season. Android
grabbed 36 percent market share for the quarter, while Apple's iOS came in third
with 16.8 percent of the market.